Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 9,961, Jeremiah Fleming, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Fleming, Jeremiah Sparling, Heytje (Former Widow)
P 9,961
CONTENTS

State of New York
Tompkins County ss I Sarah Collins of Lansing in The County of Tompkins and State aforesaid appearing being duly sworn deposes and says that she is eighty three years old on the fifteenth of Oct last past That she is a sister of Hettie Sparling formerly Hettie Fleming of the County of Tioga in the State of New York who is applying for a pension on account of the revolutionary services of her former husband Jeremiah Fleming That she knows and well recollects that her sister the said Hettie was married to the said Jeremiah Fleming at a place called Upper Smithfield in the State of Pennsylvania in the month of November in the year Seven hundred seventy six (1776) by a justice of the peace by the name of Jacobus Vanauten who died many years since that such marriage took place at the residence of the father of this deponent and the said Hettie with whom they then both resided at Upper Smithfield aforesaid That she well knowes and is sure that such marriage took place at the time above mentioned to wit in November 1776 from the fact that she was then fourteen years old and she further knows the fact of their marriage from an other circumstance The wedding was to having taken place in the off

Noon and the guest were assembled But the Guest going to Strouds Burgh was delayed as leaving until evening. The guests many of them returned home there were but few at the party in the evening all of which she well remembers She Further Recollects that the next winter after such Marriage the said Jeremiah Fleming in- -terred as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and was absent in such Service From the Month of January or February 1777 For More than three years and until the Summer of 1780 That after the Close of the revolution the said Jeremiah Fleming and his Sister Hettie resided together as husband and wife and raised a family of children who are now all dead But the oldest who is still living must be about seventy years old. That they continued to reside together as such husband and wife until March the 3 rd 1804 at which time the said Jeremiah Fleming died or perished in a violent Snow Storm. That a few years after the death of the said Jeremiah Fleming his widow the said Hettie Fleming removed From the State of Pennsylvania where she had prior- -usly resided to Tioga County in the State of New York Where she has since resided and now resides That on the 28 th day of Sept 1812 She was Married to Peter Spirling of the Town and County of Tioga afore- -said who died on the 17 th day of June 1831 The said Hettie Spirling (Formerly Fleming) has remained a widow Since the death of the said Peter Spirling who died 27 th June 1831 as above stated Further More this deponent saith not

Subscribed and sworn before me This the 7 th day of Oct 1847 Samuel Benjamin Justice of the peace } Israh Collins his mark
I certify that the above named affiant Israh Collins is personally known to me & that she is a highly respectable old lady & her statements are entitled to full credit & belief. Dated Oct. 7 th 1847
Samuel Benjamin J.P.
State of New York
Tompkins County Clerk's office. I, Norman Pittenden Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Benjamin Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been subscribed and sworn and whose name is subscribed to the jurat thereto and to the certificate thereunder written was at the date of the same and still is a Justice of the peace in & for said County commissioned & sworn & duly qualified to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & truly believe his signature to the jurat thereto and the certificate thereunder written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County at Ithaca this 16 th day of October A.D. 1847. M. Pittenden Clerk

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Heytje Spauling family widow of Jeremiah Fleming
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Oct 11 July 1836
Jeremiah Fleming
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State of New York
County of Tioga ss: On this 29 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1847 personally appeared before me the undersigned, the County Judge in & for the said County of Tioga and Judge of the County Courts in & for said County & State of New- York Hyltyr Sparling a resident of the Town of Tioga in the County of Tioga & State of New York Aged Eighty Eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 and the act explan- atory of said act passed March 3 rd 1837.
That she was married to Jeremiah Fleming who was a private and served as such in the Army of the Revolution and who according to the best of her knowledge and belief served as such private in the Second New Jersey Regiment of State Troops in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war for a period of at least three years and six months. That the said Jeremiah Fleming for whose services she claims a pension enlisted into and entered such service as early as and as she verily believes the first day of February in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven (1777) and continued in such service under such enlist- ment without any interruption (except for about three weeks she thinks in the spring of the year 1777 when he received a slight wound in the leg from a musket shot and in consequence of which he obtained a furlough & returned home for about the three weeks aforesaid) until the first of August seventeen hundred & eighty (1780) when he received his discharge from the service in writing, but which many years since has been lost or destroyed. That at the time he so enlisted & entered the said service the said Jeremiah Fleming resided in the Town of Wallpack in the County of Sussex & State of New Jersey. That she does not know & therefore cannot state the names of the officers under whom he served except that at the time of his discharge & for some time immediately proceeding that period he was in Capt. Ballards Comp. in the Second New Jersey Regiment, nor can she state the particular places through which he marched

nor the battles in which he was engaged, nor more particularly his services but she is sure he remained & continued in such service for the term of at least three years & a half aforesaid to wit: from the 1 st day of February 1777 until the 1 st day of August 1780. That she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim that she knows of.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Fleming on the day of November in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six (1776). That her husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Fleming died on the third day of March in the year Eighteen hundred and four (1804) by having perished in a snow storm. That she was afterwards married to Peter Sparkling who died on the seventeenth day of June 1831; and that she was a widow on the 4 th of July 1836 and still remains a widow as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she well knows & recollects the date of her marriage to the said Jeremiah Fleming to have been at the time above mentioned to wit: on the day of November 1776 but that she has not in her possession or within her control nor can she produce any Family, Town, Church, Parish or other Record of such marriage. That they were so married by James VanAuken a Justice of the peace, at the then residence of this declarant with her parents in the town of Upper Smithfield in the County of Monroe & State of Pennsylvania, that the said Justice of the peace has been dead many years since. - Known to & subscribed on the day her { Hettie J. Sparkling & upon her first above written before } { mark. Me. Charles P. Avery County Judge of Tioga County
I, Charles P. Avery the County Judge before whom the above & proceeding declarations of Hettie J. Sparkling was subscribed & known to certify that the said Hettie J. Sparkling is a respectable person & her statements are entitled to credit & belief. That she is unable by reason of her extreme old age & infirmities to appear in open Court before a court of record to make & subscribe her said declaration & therefore makes the same before me & subscribes her name by making her mark, she being wholly unable to write. I do hereby
Sept. 29 th 1847
Charles P. Avery County Judge of Tioga County,

State of New York
Tioga County Clerks Office: I Moses Stevens Clerk of the said County of Tioga & Clerk of the County Courts in & for said County do hereby certify that Charles P. Avery Esq before me the preceding declaration of Hugh Sparkling purports to have been subscribed and sworn to & whose name is subscribed to the jurat thereto & to the Certificate thereunder written was at the date thereof & still is County Judge in & for said County & Judge of the County Courts in & for said County, duly elected and qualified by law to act as such. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing & signature of said Judge and that his signature to said jurat & Certificate are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County at Owego this thirtieth day of September A.D. 1847.
Moses Stevens Clerk

9961
P. O. _____
Heyliger Spaulding
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Abilities: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

V N 7002
Keystone Spading
NY
aka D. D. Miner Nov. 13, 1847
Home W. S. Lawrence
July 16 49,
1961
ad 4 July 1836

Free
Hon. Wm. J. Lawrence Washington D.C.
How Mr. [unclear] [unclear]
Ms 1849

Nancy Hagen of Hector Tompkins Co. N.Y.
& Catharine Grosvenor of Chemung Co. N.Y.
Application has been made at the Pension Office I believe. what is the state of this claim W. J. Lawrence

Flushing office Nov. 13. 1827
Sir
The papers in the case of Hester Sparkling formerly widow of Jeremiah Fleming have been examined and filed under the act of 4 th July 1836.
Mrs Sparkling in her declaration alleges that her husband enlisted in the New Jersey line in the Spring of 1777 for three years and was discharged in 1780. To sustain this declaration she has produced the certificate of the Secretary of State of that State Exhibiting the return of the 2 d Regiment in which it is shown that a certificate for depreciation was issued to Jeremiah Fleming for pay due to 1 st August 1780.
The Records of the New Jersey line in this office show that that soldier enlisted in January 1777 for the "war"; that he was discharged with the war's end at the Conclusion of Peace; and that he never received a warrant for which was issued to him in 1784. From a want of a knowledge of these facts it would appear very evident that this soldier was not her husband, and before she can receive a pension for his services she will be required to identify that soldier with her husband by the testimony of two or more witnesses who were themselves in service with him and to show when & where the debt he received from the Government was located and that it is now in possession of his family or that he has alienated his right together with her right of dower with her consent to the same and to whom this right was transferred.
The date of the marriage is satisfactorily established.
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt.
J. L. Edwards
J. D. Minor Esq
Post Master So. Lansing Troups Co. N.Y. (Copy 4)

Munroe County ss State of PA Personaly Appear'd Benjamm Schoo- =noon of the Township Middlemuthfield in the County of Munroe Before me one of the Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid Being duly sworn according to Law saith that he knew Jeremiah Fleming a Soldier of the Revolutionary war who served in the 2 d Regt of the Jersey line and also his wife Weyltje Fleming, the wife of Jeremiah Fleming who served as above; who is now applying for a pension; to be the very companion and wife of the said Jeremiah Fleming who served in the 2 d Regt as above The said deponent further saith that he knew the said Jeremiah Fleming and his wife Weyltje Fleming up to the time of his death which was on the 3 rd day of March 1804 he Perished from home in a violent snow storm The deponent further saith that a few years after the death of the said Jeremiah Fleming his widow Moved to the County of Tioga in York State since which he has not seen her Further the deponent saith not
Benjamm Schoonover Sworn and subscribed this twenty first day of May eighteen hundred and forty Seven Before me one of the justices of the peace for the County aforesaid I do certify that Mr Schoonover the within John G. G. G. is a man of truth and veracity John G. G. G.

Monroe County ss
Personally appeared before me Rev. Robert Pitts - Minister of the Ref. Dutch Church of Walpack - Before me one of the Justices of the Peace of Middle - Southfield Monroe County State of Pennsylvania - Being duly sworn according to law saith - That it is truly recorded on said Church Book - That on the Sixth day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-four - Jeremiah Fleming & Mary his wife had three of their Children Baptized - viz. Margaret - Charity & Mary.
Robert Pitts
Sworn and subscribed this Twenty first Day of May Eighteen hundred and eighty four - Before me one of Justices of the Peace in and for the said County H. Fredk. G. G. G.

State of Pennsylvania Monroe County, ss.
I, James H. Strong, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Monroe do certify that Frederick Erlenberger's Oath, before
whom the within proceedings were had, is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Monroe, duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and that the signature thereto purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Stroudsburg the twenty first day of May, Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
J. H. Strong Prothonotary

Free D. D. Miller Paid 10 Post Master So Lansing N.Y.
Ac 123,47 7003 Neyljo sparkling punch works of S. Fleming N
1876 To Honorable J. Edwards Esq. Pension office Washington City D. L.

South Lansing Oct 19/47
To the Honorable W. L. Edwards Esq r
Dear Sir inclosed I send you an application for a pension of Myrtle Sparling formerly before stating In due course you will give them their proper Notice which I hope you may find all satisfactory. to obtain her pension If you should find any thing upon perusing the different papers that does not comport with the Pension law of 1836 and 1837 be so good as to point them out to me and if they can be made more satisfactory I will I will do all I can to make them so though its very difficult at this day to find many of those persons living who had arrived to years of discretion in the days of the Revolution
W. L. Edwards Esq r
With Sentiments of Respect I am Sir Your obedt Servant D. D. Miller Post Master South Lansing Tompkins County New York Will please direct your Communications

Second Regiment
Return of the non commissioned Officers and privates of the Second Jersey Regiment in Service in January 1781 with the sums due to each on account of the depreciation of their pay agreeably to an Act of the Legislature passed Jan y 6. 1781.
Capt. Ballard's Company
   Names Rank Time in Service Pay per Am t of State Cash rec d Bal due   month Dep n Stores of Com d £     Jeremiah Fleming Private Feb. 1. 1777 to Aug. 1. 1780 2. 10. 0 86. 9. 2 4. 0. 0 1. 17. 6 80 11 8  
State of New Jersey
I Charles G. M c Chesney Secretary of State of the State of the State of New Jersey do hereby Certify that the foregoing is a true extract from Book A of Auditor's Accounts page 10, as taken from and compared with the original record in my Office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office at Trenton this eleventh day of October A. D. One Thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Charles G. M c Chesney Sec y of State

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fleming, John GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8312 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED December 29, 1791 To Archibald Shaw, Adm l .
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fleming John GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12137 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 5, 1790 To H. M. S. O'Keedenburgh, or J. assignee
also, B.L.Wt. 347-60-55
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
See also John Fleming W. 7284